POLICE discovered a baby being carried unrestrained on a person's lap when they stopped a car.

Officers initially stopped the vehicle because the front seat passenger was not wearing a seatbelt.

A spokesman for the Dorset Police No Excuse team said: "We then noticed one of the two rear seat passengers had a coat bunched up very strangely on their lap as if hiding something.

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"This turned out to be a baby, being carried without proper restraint. Consequently our attention turned to the driver who revealed they were carrying the unrestrained infant on the way to buy a car seat.

"A further check revealed he had no insurance cover for the parents' car he was driving meaning all five had to taxi home whilst we seized the car."

Police urged drivers to consider the consequences of being involved in a collision and not to take risks.